It took a while for the door to open, and a tall, gray-haired old man appeared in the doorway. Zhou Nan had seen Audrey's photo album before and recognized him at a glance as Audrey's grandfather Alan. The image of the elderly is not like that of small children, which can change a lot every few years.

Audrey couldn't help but shout "Grandpa", and tears flowed.

Alan seemed calm, and he said hello to Mrs. Helmstra, then hugged Audrey, patted her on the back, and then stepped out of the doorway.

Zhou Nan hesitated, although he didn't understand English, he still decided to follow in.

At this time, Alan also beckoned to him, and a group of people, except for Etinny, followed into the house.

This old-fashioned terraced house, although not wide, is very long and has three floors, which is enough for an old man.

It's just that the light in the room is not good because the window is not big, and it took a while for my eyes to get used to the dim light after I came in.

Mrs. Hemstra introduced Zhou Nan in English, and Allen, not knowing what to say, held out her hand to him.

Zhou Nan was a little inexplicable, but he still knew that this was shaking hands with him, so he hurriedly said hello and shook his hand. But his hands were not warm, thin, hard.

He spoke quickly, and Audrey hurriedly whispered a translation. "Grandpa, this is to say hello to you, he said he saw our news in the newspaper."

Zhou Nan took advantage of the fact that he was talking to Lady Hemstra and asked in a low voice, "Since he already knew your information, why did he never contact us?" ”

Audrey shook her head, a twinkle in her eyes. Because I'm a girl, I've never been loved by my grandfather. She wasn't even as liking as Ian, who wasn't related to him, and when she was a child, she was jealous of her two older brothers.

However, he is her grandfather after all, and this blood relationship is inseparable.

After saying hello, Alan asked the driver and guards to stay on the first floor and led them up to the second floor.

Although the room is not big and the furnishings are relatively old, it is still very clean, and it is obvious that it is often cleaned.

A wooden staircase leads to the second floor, which is a living room and study on the outside, a kitchen on the other, and a bedroom apparently on the third floor.

Sitting down in the living room, Zhou Nan accidentally saw his book on his desk and couldn't help but glance at him.

Although this old man looks cold on the surface, he can understand himself secretly, which shows that he is not indifferent to Audrey.

Because she doesn't understand English, she can still help herself translate two sentences when Audrey is free, but when Ellen talks to her, she can't take care of herself.

It was a very difficult half day, and Lady Hemstra and Audrey couldn't take care of themselves, so he could only sit and laugh with him.

Audrey cried and laughed, and he had no idea what they were talking about.

The books here are all in English, and although I know every letter, I don't know what it means. No wonder Etinny insisted on refusing to come up just now, and wanted to stay in the car to attend to official business.

Zhou Nan was bored, so he stood up and looked around in the study. When I came to the window, I saw Popler and they were all standing on the side of the street again smoking, and when they saw Zhou Nan appear at the door, several people smiled at him.

It wasn't until the lights came on that the conversation finally came to an end. Audrey came to Zhou Nan's side and said, "Grandpa said he wanted to invite us to dinner together...... Mom wanted to ask him to go with us to eat, but he insisted on a treat. ”

Zhou Nan said gently: "It's okay, I belong to you today." Listen to whatever you have to offer. ”

Audrey was a little moved, but she didn't know how to express it in front of her grandfather and mother, so she gently touched Zhou Nan's arm and smiled slightly.

Coming out of a Turkish restaurant not far from Highbury Stadium, the three of them said goodbye to Alan and got into the car, Zhou Nan gently rubbed his somewhat uncomfortable stomach.

In order to accommodate Zhou Nan, the old man deliberately chose Turkish cuisine, one of the three major cuisines in the world, to let Zhou Nan experience the taste of the East, but Turkish cuisine is completely different from Oriental cuisine led by Chinese food.

Zhou Nan is used to eating Oriental food and Western food, but although the salty milk taste of this Turkish dish is different from the Swiss cheese fondue, it is also very milky, which Zhou Nan is not used to.

Lady Hemstra and Audrey both knew that he was not used to the smell of cheese, and when they got into the car, they comforted him and said, "Jonas, it's okay if you haven't eaten, I'll make you some more salad when you get back......

Zhou Nan wanted to eat a bowl of hand-rolled noodles, but they couldn't do it. He nodded and asked, "How was the talk today?" Would he be willing to pass the title to Audrey? ”

"He didn't refuse, but he didn't directly agree...... "Mrs. Hemstra looked at Zhou Nan and asked a little embarrassed, "Is it convenient to bring Alan with you to the Sunday dinner?" ”

Zhou Nan frowned and asked, "Does he have any purpose?" ”

"It's still for Audrey's father, Audrey's father, who is still in a prison in Germany."

Speaking of which, Audrey's dad is really funny, he supports the Nazis, but the Nazis ignore him and don't even accept him as a member of the Nazi party.

But when the war ended, he had to become the one who was liquidated. Because he has always followed the Nazis, and he is propagandizing everywhere, like a fanatic.

However, Zhou Nan knew that he had not made any serious mistakes and was released shortly after the war, but it seems that he lived in Germany later and did not return to England.

Because of the shattering of his dreams, he was depressed and had difficulty communicating with people, and even Audrey had a hard time approaching him.

"The list of guests on my side has not been reported to the royal family, so it shouldn't be a big problem, I just hope he doesn't make anything unhappy at the dinner."

Lady Hemstra smiled and said, "Jonas, you still don't understand the sense of honor of the nobility, we value tradition and face, even far more than our own lives. ”

Zhou Nanweiwei did not refute her words. In a few decades, all these things will be almost swept into the garbage heap, and those aristocrats will be even more morally degraded than ordinary people.

Zhou Nan asked Audrey about his grandfather's life again, and Audrey has been in a high mood today. At this time, she broke up with her grandfather, and she also showed a trace of exhaustion.

Leaning on Zhou Nan's shoulder, she gave a brief introduction to her grandfather's life with Zhou Nan.

Although her grandfather's family was in a bad situation, the farm he rented still sold for a large sum of money when he sold it, which was enough for him to live for decades by ordinary people's standards.

Now he doesn't have the intention of starting a family, and he doesn't have much money to spend, so he has changed to a small place to live, and his life is still not worried.

Since this is the case, Zhou Nan is too lazy to worry about it. He had originally prepared a sum of money to help him, but now he doesn't need it.

Back at the villa, there was a guest waiting for Zhou Nan, Professor Stockholm from the Royal Agricultural Society.

After Zhou Nan's speech yesterday, he proposed to cooperate with Zhou Nan. At first, Zhou Nan was a little surprised, but now, he has also figured it out.

Agricultural disciplines, unless they are engaged in genetic research, are difficult to get ahead in the academic world. Unless a domestic agriculturist, like Zhou Nan respects very much, conducts research for decades, it is possible to make a great contribution.

But Zhou Nan is currently the hottest scholar in Europe, and his "General History of the World", his "Humanitarianism", and his "European Revival Plan" have attracted a large number of fans in each direction.

When three different directions are concentrated on one person, it attracts more fans.

In particular, his supporters include not only students and women, but also government officials, and the support and advocacy of these people is the main force that promotes the advancement of a scholar's status.

Holm is a biologist and a professor at the College of London, but his discipline is almost closed to the upper side, and they don't see the way forward in the future before genetic engineering and hybridization are popular.

But Zhou Nan's intention to combine the spread of biological species with history to create a discipline made him see the direction.

Economy, history, humanities, politics, culture, these are not as good as others.

But as a professor of agriculture, he had access to almost all the literature collected in British history, and he knew better than anyone else the history of the spread of food species.

If he can support this discipline with Zhou Nan, he will no longer be an obscure scholar, but can leave his name in history.

After coming over the next day, he also made some preparations, and talked to Zhou Nan about the evolution and spread of various species.

Compared with Toynbee, who had helped him improve the cultural history of Eastern and Western Rome, Zhou Nan found that he was a real mobile library.

The communication between the two was very pleasant, and from him, Zhou Nan also knew many unheard of interesting things.

For example, if a handful of beans are sprinkled in the soil, the direction in which the beans land is random, and there is no definite embryonic point (umbilicus) or up or down, left or right, and it obeys the mathematical principle of probability.

But once the seed begins to germinate, its development and growth direction is completely subordinate to the requirements of life, and is absolutely not governed by probability. Its roots and shoots grow downward even if they bend around 180 degrees; The stems and buds grow upwards even if they are turned over in a complete heel bucket, without exception.

After examining Holm's personal ability, Zhou Nan was also quite satisfied with him. In particular, he can extract all the literature of this industry at will, and he is also more familiar with this industry and knows what are the key points, so that Zhou Nan can't find the slightest fault.

Therefore, Zhou Nan directly agreed to him and asked him to collect all the food dissemination history, and write this book next year at the latest.

And, Zhou Nan promised that he would be listed as the second author of the book, and there would be a 25 percent royalty.

As for why it is twenty-five percent, it is because Zhou Nan still has to find another biological expert in germs to complete this work together.

Because in addition to crops, there are also germs that affect history!